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A Reflection From Potty Training

I would just like to record this milestone we have reached.This week, my daughter and I are serious with potty training. I saw the signs that she is ready, and so I pulled out the toddler potty I have been keeping in the garage. I bought it from last year. At first, I tried to introduce it to her but she would always say “No!” I figured that she was not ready yet so I stopped pressuring her.

After she turned 3 last August 8 (the same day of my Dad’s interment), I once again introduced the potty to her. This time, she is more responsive. Since we are usually at home, I now try to make her wear some training pants. I would ask her to sit down on her little potty every now and then. Sometimes, she is actually the one who tells us that she needs to go.

I recall when she was a year old until she reached her second year, she was just a baby. Now that she is 3, I can see and feel that she is growing too fast. Soon no more diapers (more money to save!) Soon, she will be in school, and she will be like her big brother, a big kid. There is no stopping time. It keeps going. It keeps flying fast. I wish it will slow down a little bit. I want to be in here and bathe in happiness and experience of parenthood.

Last night, my husband and I were watching the film, Up In The Air, a 2009 American comedy-drama film, starring George Clooney. There was a scene there when a guy got cold feet during his wedding. The following lines below just struck me. And I think of my journey. And I guess it is the same for most of us. How it all started and how it will end.

I don't think I'm going to be able to uh...
to do this.
Why would you say that...today?
Well, last night I was just kinda laying
in bed and I couldn't get to sleep.
So I started thinking about the wedding
and the ceremony,
and about our buying a house
and moving in together.
And having a kid,
and having another kid and then
Christmas and Thanksgiving
and spring break.
Going to football games, and then
all of a sudden they're graduating.
They're getting jobs, they're getting married.
And, you know, I'm a grandparent.
And then I'm retired.
I'm losing my hair, I'm getting fat.
And then the next thing you know
I'm dead.
I'm just, like...I can't stop from thinking,
what's the point?
I mean, what is the point?
The point?
- What am I starting here?
(From http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/u/up-in-the-air-script-transcript.html)